Writing-pen.



E. H. KETGHUM.

WRITING PEN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. 1913.

Patented Oct, 7, 1913.

EVERETT H. KETCHUM, OF JAMESTOl/VN, NEW YORK.

WRITING-PEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 7, 1213.

Application filed. January 10, 1913. Serial No. 741,162.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT H. KETOHUM, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Jamestown, county of Chautauqua, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in VVriting-Pens, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in pens which have fountain attachments to enable them to hold a larger quantity of ink than a common pen and to feed the same without blotting; and the object of my improvement is to provide an attachment which may be either integral with the pen plate or may be attached thereto, and which is provided with a series of slots so constructed as to provide a series of lengthwise receptacles which hold a quantity of ink therewithin, and in such a manner that the ink is easily attracted toward the point of the pen; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts as shown in this specification and the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank as struck out from the sheet metal by a suitable die before the pen and fountain portions are bent into the curved relation; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the underside of the finished pen ready for writing. Fig. 3 is a sectional view at line X X in Fig. 2, showing the feed opening for the ink. Fig. 4: is a crosswise sectional view at line Y Y in Fig. 1, showing the bur on the sides of the slots as struck from the sheet metal; and Fig. 5 is a crosswise sectional view at line Z Z in Fig. 2, showing the feeding portion bent into a parallel curve with the pen portion and the offset of the burs on the sides of the slots. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the underside of a pen; and Fig. 7 is a plan view of a modified form for a detached fountain portion for attaching to the pen, as shown in Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a plan View of the underside of the pen with the detachable fountain portion attached thereto.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 10 indicates a writing pen having nibs 11 in the usual form.

The fountain portion 12 is preferably attached to the pen 10, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, and consists of a pointed part which is struck from sheet metal at the same time as the pen 10 is blanked out by the die. The point 13 of part 12 preferably extends to within a spaced distance of the end 14 of the pen 10 and the point 13 is preferably flattened to some extent to provide an opening 15 for the ink to flow through between the curved nibs 11 and the point 18, as shown in Fig. 3 to form a fountain feed for the point 14.

A plurality of open-ended slots 16 and closed slots 17 are provided lengthwise of part 12, the die with which the slots are out being so formed that an irregular edged bur 18 is formed on that side of the part 12 which is adjacent to the pen 10 when the two parts are placed adjacent. The burs 18 hold the pen 10 and part 12 a spaced distance apart, as shown in Fig. 5, and at the same time form a series of channels from which the ink readily flows and which do not permit the ink to flow together into one heavy body and consequently force itself from the pen by its own gravity but supports the ink in smaller quantities. The rough burs 18 have small interstices through which the ink seeps from one channel to another and thence to the feeding point By this simple arrangement quite a quantity of ink is carried by the pen with out danger of dropping therefrom.

The fountain portion of the pen may be made a separate part, as shown at 19 in Figs. 7 and 8. The lugs 20 are provided on the opposite sides of the part 19 which are bent over the edges of the pen 10 so that they readily slip onto the same. It is apparent that with this form of attachment the fountain portion 19 can be adjusted at any desired distance from the point 14 of the pen and this form of the pen would be preferred were it not that the part 19 is often disengaged from the pen and lost. The slots in part 19 are formed with the burs 18 the same as the integral part 12.

I claim as new 1. In a pen of the class described, the combination with the pen of a fountain portion attached thereto, a plurality of parallel open-ended and closed slots extending lengthwise of said fountain portion, said slots having burs along the sides of said I slots and on the inner side of said fountain portion to support said fountain portion at a spaced distance from said pen to form ink passages therebetween.

2. Ina pen of the character described, the combination of a Wing portion bent from side of said pen, a feeding point on said inner portion for said pen, a spaced distance from the Writing point of said pen; said Wing portion having a plurality of slots, irregular burs on the sides of said slots and adjacent to said pen to form seeping channels therebetween 01 the ink and to hold said Wing portion at a spaced dis- 10 tance from said pen. 7 In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

EVERETT H. KETOHUM. lVitnesses H. A. SANDBERG, ARTHUR O. MORSE.

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Washington, I). G. 

